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HFCVD growth of various carbon nanostructures on SWCNT paper controlled by surface treatment
Author(s) -
Varga M.,
Kotlar M.,
Vretenar V.,
Izak T.,
Ledinsky M.,
Michalka M.,
Skakalova V.,
Kromka A.,
Vesely M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201200123
Subject(s) - materials science , buckypaper , nanodiamond , chemical vapor deposition , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , raman spectroscopy , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , diamond , nanocomposite , nanocrystalline material , composite number , composite material , optics , physics , engineering
In this article, we investigate the nanocomposite material formation, particularly the deposition of nanocrystalline diamond and carbon nanowalls (CNWs) on single‐wall carbon nanotubes buckypaper (BP). One part of the buckypaper substrate was nucleated by nanodiamond powder. The growth was carried out in a hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) system. Contact angle measurements, scanning electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy were used for the surface morphology analysis and characterization of carbon phases. Due to a different surface pretreatment, different carbon nanostructures were formed: diamond film was grown on the nucleated BP area; non‐treated area of the BP was covered with a dense field of CNWs. Covering a part of the BP surface prevented an access of the HF‐plasma and so the growth of any carbon structures.